Batch Spring 2021 to Fall 2022
Bachelor of Science in Economics
(BS IN ECONOMICS)
From Spring 2021 to Fall 2022
PROGRAM STRUCTURE:
| Title | No. of Courses | Credits |
| Required GED Courses | 10 | 28 Credits |
| Optional GED Courses | 2 | 6 Credits |
| Core Courses | 19 | 57 Credits |
| Open Elective Courses | 9 | 27 Credits |
| Guided Research/Internship | 1 | 3 Credits |
| Total | 41 | 121 Credits |
LIST OF COURSES
REQUIRED GED COURSES (28 Credits)
| Code | & Title | Credit | Prerequisite |
| URC 1103 | Life Skills for Success | 2 | None |
| BUS 1102 | Introduction to Business | 3 | None |
| CST 1206 | Computer Applications | 3 | None |
| ECO 1303 | Mathematics for Business and Economics I | 3 | None |
| ECO 1334 | Statistics for Business and Economics I | 3 | ECO 1303 |
| BUS 2112 | Business Communications | 3 | ENG 1013 |
| ENG 1011 | English I | 3 | |
| ENG 1013 | English II | 3 | ENG 1011 |
| BDS 1201 | History of the Emergence of Bangladesh | 2 | |
| ECO 3360 | Socioeconomic Profiles of Bangladesh | 3 | ECO 2314, ECO 2315 |
OPTIONAL GED COURSES (6 CREDITS)
| Code | Title | Credit | Prerequisite |
| ACN 1205 | Financial Accounting I | 3 | None |
| ACN 1309 | Financial Accounting II | 3 | ACN 1205 |
| BNG 1102 | Bangla Language and Literature | 3 | |
| MAT 1300 | Basic Mathematics | 3 | None |
| ECN 3230 | Economic Geography | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| ENV 3227 | Fundamentals of Natural Science | 3 | ECO 1303 |
| ENV 2308 | Ecological System and Environment | 3 | ENG 1013 |
| FIN 2319 | Principles of Finance | 3 | ECO 1334, ACN 1205 |
| HRM 4357 | Industrial Psychology | 3 | SOC 1105 |
| ITR 2311 | International Relations | 3 | ENG 1013 |
| MGT 1307 | Principles of Management | 3 | ENG 1013 |
| MKT 2320 | Introduction to Marketing | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| PAM 1301 | Introduction to Public Administration | 3 | ENG 1013 |
| SOC 1105 | Sociology and Psychology | 3 | ENG 1013 |
| SOC 2306 | Eastern Culture and Heritage | 3 | ENG 1013 |
ECONOMICS CORE COURSES (57 CREDITS)
| Code | Title | Credit | Prerequisite |
| ECO 2303 | Mathematics for Business and Economics II | 3 | ECO 1303 |
| ECO 1301 | Introduction to Microeconomics | 3 | None |
| ECO 1302 | Introduction to Macroeconomics | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| ECO 1374 | Statistics for Business and Economics II | 3 | ECO 1334 |
| ECO 2314 | Intermediate Microeconomics I | 3 | ECO 1301 |
| ECO 2315 | Intermediate Macroeconomics I | 3 | ECO 1302 |
| ECO 2365 | Environmental Economics | 3 | ECO 2314ECO 1334 |
| ECO 3301 | Intermediate Microeconomics II | 3 | ECO 2303, ECO 2314 |
| ECO 3302 | Intermediate Macroeconomics II | 3 | ECO 2303, ECO 2315 |
| ECO 3310 | Money and Banking | 3 | ECO 2315 |
| ECO 3311 | Public Finance | 3 | ECO 2314 |
| ECO 3326 | International Trade | 3 | ECO 2314ECO 2315 |
| ECO 3327 | International Finance | 3 | ECO 2315 |
| ECO 3350 | Development Economics | 3 | ECO 2303, ECO 2314,ECO 2315 |
| ECO 3361 | Health Economics | 3 | ECO 2314 |
| ECO 3370 | Econometrics I | 3 | ECO 1374 |
| ECO 3371 | Econometrics II | 3 | ECO 3370 |
| ECO 4350 | Labor Economics | 3 | ECO 1301, ECO 1302 |
| ECO 4390 | Research Methodology | 3 | ECO 1374, ECO 3371 |
| C. Open Elective Courses (27 Credits)1. At least 12 credits must be ECO Courses2. Courses in this category cannot be below 3000 levels3. Students have to take 15 credits from Specialized Area for claiming major in that area.4. Students can also complete 27 credits without a specialization area of study. |
C1. GENERAL ECO COURSES
| Code | Title | Credit | Prerequisite |
| ECO 3340 | Economics and Psychology | 3 | ECO 2314ECO 2315 |
| ECO 3342 | Economics of E-Commerce | 3 | ECO 2314 |
| ECO 4155 | Current Issues in Bangladeshi Economic Policy | 3 | ECO 2314ECO 2315 |
| ECO 4338 | Globalization and Economic Policy | 3 | ECO 2315 |
| ECO 4349 | Economics of Information and Uncertainty | 3 | ECO 2314 |
| ECO 4375 | History of Economic Thought | 3 | ECO 1301, ECO 1302 |
| ECO 4380 | Urban Economics | 3 | ECO 1301, ECO 1302 |
| ECO 4386 | Energy Economics and Policy | 3 | ECO 3301 |
| ECO 4351 | Industrial Organization | 3 | ECO 2314 |
| ECO 4392 | Law and Economics | 3 | ECO 2314 |
| ECO 4391 | Welfare Economics | 3 | ECO 3301ECO 3302 |
| ECO 3329 | International Economic Cooperation and Trade Negotiations | 3 | ECO 3326 |
| ECO 4345 | Poverty Alleviation and Microfinance | 3 | ECO 2314, ECO 3310, ECO 3350 |
| ECO 4360 | Managerial Economics | 3 | ECO 2314, ECO 2315 |
C2 (A) – SPECIALIZATION AREA 1: QUANTITATIVE ECONOMICS
| Code | Title | Credit | Prerequisite |
| ECO 3337 | Real Analysis | 3 | ECO 2303 |
| ECO 3339 | Mathematical Statistics | 3 | ECO 3337 |
| ECO 4123 | Dynamic Optimization and Economic Applications | 3 | ECO 3302 |
| ECO 4353 | Game Theory and Applications | 3 | ECO 3301 |
| ECO 3331 | Economics of Cost Benefit Analysis | 3 | ECO 2314 |
| ECO 4371 | Time Series, Panel and Micro econometrics | 3 | ECO 3371 |
| ECO 3330 | Network Economics | 3 | ECO 2303, ECO 1374 |
C2 (B) -SPECIALIZATION AREA 2: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS AND DEVELOPMENT
| Code | Code & Title | Credit | Prerequisite |
| ECO 3349 | Issues in International Economics | 3 | ECO 3326 |
| ECO 3353 | Economic Development in South Asia | 3 | ECO 1301, ECO 1302 |
| ECO 4320 | International Trade Theory | 3 | ECO 3326 |
| ECO 4329 | Trade Policy Analysis | 3 | ECO 2315, ECO 3326 |
| ECO 4319 | Economics of Financial Crisis | 3 | ECO 3327 |
| ECO 4344 | Advanced Topics in Development Economics | 3 | ECO 3350, ECO 3371 |
| ECO 4348 | Political Economy of Underdevelopment | 3 | ECO 3350 |
C2 (C)- SPECIALIZATION AREA 3: BUSINESS ECONOMICS
| Code | Title | Credit | Prerequisite |
| FIN 3123 | Managerial Finance | 3 | FIN 2319, ECO 1301, ACN 1205 |
| FIN 4219 | Security Analysis and Portfolio Management | 3 | FIN 3123 |
| FIN 3337 | Principles of Banking and Insurance | 3 | ECO 1302 |
| FIN 4321 | Financial Markets and Institutions | 3 | |
| IBS 3121 | International Business | 3 | ECO 1302 |
| MGT 3224 | Production and Operations Management | 3 | ECO 1303, ECO 1334 |
| MGT 3341 | Project Management | 3 | MGT 3224 |
| MGT 3229 | Entrepreneurship and Business Plan Development | 3 | ECO 1302, MGT 1307 |
| MKT 4102 | Services Marketing | 3 | |
| MKT 4309 | Global Marketing | 3 |
C2 (D) -SPECIALIZATION AREA 4: RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENT
| Code | Title | Credit | Prerequisite |
| ECO 4386 | Energy Economics and Policy | 3 | ECO 3301 |
| ECO 3335 | Natural Resource Economics | 3 | ECO 2314 |
| ECO 4387 | Applied Econometrics | 3 | ECO 3371 |
| ECO 3383 | Economic Valuation of the Environment and Policy Analysis | 3 | ECO 2303, ECO 2365 |
| ECO 4388 | Economics of Climate Change | 3 | ECO 2365, ECO 3335 |
C2 (E) -SPECIALIZATION AREA 5: FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
| Code | Title | Credit | Prerequisite |
| ECO 3351 | Financial Economics | 3 | ECO 2314, ECO 2315, FIN 2319 |
| ECO 4379 | Financial Econometrics | 3 | ECO 3371 |
| FIN 4117 | Corporate Finance | 3 | ECO 3301, ECO 1374, FIN 3123 |
| ECO 4346 | Behavioural Finance | 3 | ECO 3351 |
| ECO 4356 | Economics of Investment & Financial Management | 3 | ECO 3351,ECO 3327 |
| ECO 4357 | Financial Risk Analysis | 3 | ECO 3351, ECO 4349 |
| FIN 4219 | Security Analysis and Portfolio Management | 3 | ECO 2314, ECO 3327, FIN 3123 |
| ECO 4358 | Risk Modelling and Financial Trading Strategies | 3 | ECO 3351, ECO 4349 |
| ECO 4359 | Financial Institutions and Regulations | 3 | ECO 3351,ECO 3327 |
Guided Research/Internship (3 Credits)
| Code | Title | Credit | Prerequisite |
| ECO 4394 | Guided Research / Internship | 3 | All core courses |
